Deep
Georgie Shipp, Age 17

When I was a child I asked someone of great wisdom
Who is God and where can I find him?
Is he in the sky?
The beauty of a new day breaking?

Is he the elegance
With which we dance, laugh, smile?
Is he in the sky
Or in the whispering trees?
Is he in me: in all the good I do?

I stopped.
I wondered.
I waited.
And then I thought...

If God is so amazing then why does he
allow such disaster and despair?
Where is he when I need him?
Where are the angels when I need a lift?

I got angry...
Upset....
And as a single tear fell down my cheek I saw it.
I saw the beauty,
And I realized
What I had missed all along

He is always there,
In everything.
He is substance,
He is light,
He is love,
And he is good.